Senegal travel

Senegal

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travel advice

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cinemas & bookshops in Senegal

If you are an ESL teacher living and working abroad, finding reading material in English or a cinema showing films in English can sometimes be difficult. To help you, we are compiling a directory of English language bookshops and cinemas worldwide.

English language bookshops in Senegal
English language cinemas in Senegal

travel guides & language books for Senegal

Senegal Lonely Planet
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Adventures in Africa
In 1997 the Italian novelist Gianni Celati accompanied his friend Jean Talon on a journey to West Africa which took them from Mali to Senegal and Mauritania. Celati kept notebooks of the journey, now translated as "Adventures in Africa."

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map & facts

Independence Day, 4 April (1960 from France)
International dialing code: 221
Population: 10,852,147
Language: French, Wolof, Pulaar, Jola, Mandinka
Government: republic under multiparty democratic rule
Religion: Muslim 94%, indigenous beliefs 1%, Christian 5% (mostly Roman Catholic)
Climate: tropical; hot, humid; rainy season (May to November) has strong southeast winds; dry season (December to April) dominated by hot, dry, harmattan wind
Map of Senegal

The CIA World Factbook

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